RECORDS
Saturday, april 9, 2022
tHE OBSErVEr — A5
COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
MEETINGS
• LA GRANDE — A regular
session of the La Grande Rural Fire
Protection District Board will begin
at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at the
fire hall. For more information, call
Kim George at 541-910-3114.
• LA GRANDE — The Board of
Directors of the La Grande School
District will meet for a regular
session on Wednesday, April 13, at
7 p.m. in the District Office Board
Room at 1305 N. Willow. The board
welcomes the public to attend in
person, online or by phone. Access
information is available on the
agenda posted at www.lagrandesd.
org.
• LA GRANDE — The City of
La Grande Parks and Recreation
Department’s Community
Landscape and Forestry
Commission meets on Tuesday,
April 12; a meeting of the La
Grande Arts Commission will be
on Wednesday, April 13; and the
Parks and Recreation Advisory
Commission meets on Thursday,
April 14. All meetings begin at
5:30 p.m. For more information on
how to tune in or about the agendas,
contact Stu Spence, Parks and
Recreation director, at 541-962-1348
or sspence@cityoflagrande.org.
BRIEFS
Tangled poetry featured
at Teen iCraft
LA GRANDE — The next Teen
iCraft at Cook Memorial Library is on
Wednesday, April 13, at 4 p.m. Teens
will make tangled poems from book
pages.
This free activity is open to anyone
in middle or high school. Supplies
are provided, and registration is not
needed.
WWW.LAGRANDEOBSERVER.COM
The library offers a variety of free
activities for teens.
For information on upcoming
events, stop by the library at 2006
Fourth St., La Grande, call 541-962-
1339 or visit the library’s website and
social media.
‘Easter Jam’ includes
flashlight egg hunt
LA GRANDE — All ages
are invited to an “Easter Jam” on
Wednesday, April 13, beginning at
6 p.m. at the La Grande Church of the
Nazarene.
The free event includes games,
music and a glow-in-the-dark egg
hunt (bring a flashlight). Registration
is encouraged but not required.
Call 541-963-3402 or email info@
lagrandenazarene.com for more
information.
— The Observer
UNION COUNTY SENIOR CENTER LUNCH MENU
LA GRANDE — Lunch is served
at the Union County Senior Center,
1504 N. Albany St., La Grande,
on weekdays. The meal is open to
the public and both sit-down and
grab-and-go options are available.
For information on having lunches
delivered by Meals on Wheels, call
541-605-5556.
Dine-in meals: Served from
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; use front
entrance.
Takeout meals: Pick up from noon
to 1 p.m. at kitchen’s back door.
Cost: Age 60+, $4 suggested dona-
tion; all others, $7.
April 11-15
Monday: house sandwich (beef
hoagie with cream cheese and mush-
rooms), potato salad, grilled tomatoes,
fresh fruit.
Tuesday: beef bourguignon over
egg noodles, garden vegetable salad,
wheat bread, fresh strawberries.
Wednesday: fried chicken, mashed
potatoes and gravy, steamed aspar-
agus, tomato-cucumber salad, Italian
bread, cookie.
Thursday: pork roast or coconut
chicken, whipped potatoes, steamed
Brussels sprouts, Caesar salad, baked
apples, carrot cake.
Friday: breakfast for lunch: cheese
tarts, sausages, country potatoes,
fresh fruit, yogurt, cinnamon rolls.
HONORS
PENDLETON — Blue
Mountain Community Col-
lege, Pendleton, released its
2021-22 winter term honor
roll, which recognizes the
achievements of full-time
students. A number of stu-
dents from Union County
PUBLIC
SAFETY
REPORT
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
12:33 a.m. — La Grande
police during a traffic stop at
Second Street and X Avenue
cited a 15-year-old boy for
attempt to elude.
3:35 a.m. — A caller
reported a female was walking
and yelling on the 1400 block
of W Avenue, La Grande.
3:55 a.m. — A caller
reported a male was waking in
the road in the area of Adams
Avenue and Depot Street, La
Grande. An officer responded
and warned the person for dis-
orderly conduct.
THURSDAY, APRIL 7
7:11 a.m. — A resident on
the 900 block of Dogwood
Street, Elgin, reported the pos-
sible theft of a dog.
8:33 a.m. — Union County
Sheriff’s Office cited and
released Rachelle Diahann
Smith, 54, on a Union County
warrant charging resisting
arrest, attempted assault of
a public safety officer and
harassment.
10:34 a.m. — A resident on
the 1700 block of First Street,
La Grande, made a complaint
about telephonic harassment.
An officer made contact and
explained options.
12:29 p.m. — Local law
enforcement responded to
Walmart, 11619 Island Ave.,
Island City, on a report of a dis-
turbance and provided a ride
to one of the parties involved.
1:19 p.m. — A caller com-
plained about noise on the
1400 block of Fourth Street, La
Grande. An officer responded
and warned the subjects.
1:35 p.m. — La Grande
police received a report of a
burglary at a business at 2516
Cove Ave. An officer made con-
tact and took a report.
3:14 p.m. — La Grande
police and the local school
resource officer responded to
La Grande High School, 708 K
Ave., La Grande, on a report of
a juvenile disturbance. The SRO
will follow up with the school.
3:39 p.m. — Union County
sheriff’s deputies responded
to the 1700 block of Baltimore
Street, Elgin, on a report of a
domestic disturbance. Depu-
ties provided options.
6:30 p.m. — La Grande
police responded to the Royal
Motor Inn, 1510 Adams Ave.,
on a report of vandalism and
trespassed one male.
April 9 — JUDY & BILL ROSS: 11 a.m. joint
graveside service, Joseph Cemetery; followed by gath-
ering at the Stubborn Mule.
April 9 — JAKKI BOEHNE: 2 p.m. funeral, Faith
Lutheran Church, La Grande.
April 9 — HUBERT “MERLE” COMFORT:
2 p.m. celebration of life, La Grande Nazarene Church.
April 9 — STEVE ZOLLMAN: 2 p.m. memorial
service, Enterprise First Baptist Church; followed by
burial at Alder Slope Cemetery.
April 14 — BOB BERRY: 10 a.m. graveside ser-
vice and burial, Island City Cemetery.
April 16 — RICK SPRINGER: 2 p.m. celebration
of life, Elgin Community Center.
April 23 — FRANCES BOLLMAN: 11 a.m.
graveside service and vault interment, Enterprise
Cemetery.
April 24 — MICHAEL ROBINSON: 2 p.m. cel-
ebration of life, Loveland Funeral Chapel, La Grande;
followed by reception at Riverside Park Pavilion, La
Grande.
May 7 — TODD McCOY: 1 p.m. graveside ser-
vice, Prairie Creek Cemetery, Joseph.
May 19 — ORVA MURRILL: 2 p.m. graveside
service, Union Victorian Cemetery.
May 21 — MARY SCOTT: 11 a.m. celebration of
life potluck, Elgin Community Center.
June 23 — DAN KRAMER: 2 p.m. memorial ser-
vice, Grandview Cemetery, La Grande.
— Calendar courtesy of Loveland Funeral Chapel,
La Grande
Robert M. Berry
Union County students earn academic recognition at BMCC
The Observer
UPCOMING
LOCAL
SERVICES
earned this honor.
President’s List (3.75-
4.0 GPA): Nathan Bean,
Tulley Bloom, Owen Bur-
bank, Danielle Church,
Elizabeth Durfee, Bianca
Garcia, Keegan Glenn,
Ann Hays, Shakayla
Johnson, Brianna Kohr,
Hana Litzlbeck, Rebecca
Murrill, Mckaylee Orton,
Emma Rice, Laramie
Ricker, Romayne Ricker,
Brenale Ritter, Alexia
Siders, Troy Stever.
Vice President’s List
(3.5 to 3.74): Madison
Duker, Lena Eckstein,
Dylan Miles, Lilly Naiser,
Kenzie Williams.
BIRTHS
GRANDE RONDE HOSPITAL, LA GRANDE
BOWEN: Swayzee Bowen, born April 2, 2022, to Kasaundra
Bowen and Caleb Bowen, of La Grande.
ZICKEFOOSE: Helena Darlene Zickefoose, born March 15,
2022, to Heather Zickefoose and Guy Zickefoose, of North Pow-
der. Grandparents are Mark Ewing and Vicky Davis.
DEATH NOTICE
Maria Onaindia
Enterprise
Maria Onaindia, 92, of Enterprise, died April 6,
2022, at a care facility in La Grande. A private family
burial will be held at the Enterprise Cemetery with a
Memorial Mass to follow at a later date. Arrangements
are by Bollman Funeral Home, Enterprise.
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Mary L. Scott
September 15, 1957 – March 19, 2022
Mary Louise Scott, 64, of Elgin,
passed away on Saturday, March 19,
2022, at Willowbrook Terrace in Pend-
leton, Oregon. A celebration of life
potluck will be held at the Elgin Com-
munity Center on Saturday, May 21,
2022, at 11 a.m.
Mary was born on Sept. 15, 1957,
in Newport, Rhode Island, to Wesley
(Pete) and Elaine (Rose) Scott. Mary’s
father was a Vietnam veteran, and she enjoyed life overseas
with her family before returning home to Elgin in 1970. Mary
graduated from Elgin High School in 1975. After graduation,
she worked at the Elgin Community Center and went on to be
a phone operator in Walla Walla and Seattle, Washington, and
Salem, Oregon. She enjoyed reading, writing, music, movies
and television. She also was creative in crafting and making
jewelry.
Mary is survived by her brother, James Scott of Elgin,
Oregon; sisters, Marie Hanson of Elgin, Oregon, Helen Fal-
coner of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, and Sharon Baxley of
Elgin, Oregon; many nieces and nephews and great nieces
and nephews; her other relatives and friends; and her peeps at
Willowbrook. Mary is preceded in death by her grandparents,
Ivan and Elsie Churchill and Joe and Ella Scott; her parents,
Wesley and Elaine Scott; and a brother, Philip Owen Scott.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.
lovelandfuneralchapel.com.
May 27, 1931 - April 1, 2022
Robert “Bob” Merton Berry was born
in La Grande, Oregon, to Merton Albert
Berry and Golda Joyce Beck on May 27,
1931, and passed away in Moose Pass,
Alaska, on April 1, 2022.
He grew up and attended
schools in La Grande. After
high school, he worked for
the Forest Service, and then
for a sawmill out of Elgin.
In February of 1951, he
left to serve a mission for
the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints and
spent two years in the North
Central States Mission based
in Minnesota. He returned
home in February of 1953.
On March 26, 1953, he
married Carol Ruth Shinsel in the Logan
Utah temple. Their earthly life together
lasted until her death, August 12, 2012.
Bob was drafted into the Army in
April of 1953 and was sent to Ft. Louis in
Washington for basic training. Their first
son, Robert Sherman, was born there. He
was discharged from the Army in February
of 1955 and shortly after moved to Provo,
Utah, where Loren Ray joined the family.
Bob worked on a dairy farm with his wife’s
uncle before moving back to La Grande.
There, he delivered mail for the USPS
and welcomed a daughter, Bonita Carol,
and another son, Clinton Jay. Although
working for the post office was a good
job, he had a quest for adventure and on
the recommendation of a friend he applied
for a job with the BLM in Alaska for fire
control. He was hired to start April 1, 1958,
in the little village of Northway, Alaska.
So, Bob and Carol and four little kids
made the 3,000-mile trek to Alaska to start
the next phase of their lives. The trip was
fraught with trials and adventure, but with
the help and grace of the Heavenly Father,
they made it on a wing and a prayer. Alaska
placed its spell on Bob and they ended up
staying in that great state and raising their
family for the next 15 years.
During those years they buried a
daughter, Crystal Kay, in 1959, and added
three more sons, Curtis Merton, Vernal
Rex and Goldyn Scott. Their lives were
filled with work and fun, and more work.
They homesteaded just outside of Delta
Junction where they raised potatoes,
winter wheat, hay and whatever else they
could get to grow there. They withstood
the frigid weather, snow and storms, a
couple of floods, herds of buffalo who
wiped out crops and trampled fields and
many more trials. Bob was an avid hunter
and took his entire family with him when
he went. He kept the freezer full of moose,
caribou, salmon and sometimes even
buffalo. He worked any other jobs he
could get to keep the family fed. He was an
accomplished carpenter and builder, a very
good mechanic, plumber, electrician and
handyman. He built the log house there in
Delta Junction and many houses after that.
There wasn’t anything he couldn’t do.
Bob and his family moved back to
Oregon in October of 1972, where they
operated a dairy farm for a short while, then
he got a job with the Vale, Oregon, School
District teaching auto mechanics and
building trades. He loved mentoring the
high schoolers and had fun teaching them
how to build houses, fix cars, be self-reliant
and to value their self-esteem. He loved
those students as much as they loved him.
Later, with Carol as his co-pilot, he drove
semi-trucks to deliver cars, then delivered
oil for Poole Oil in Boise Idaho. Proving
that he was good at almost anything he
would undertake, he entered and won the
state big-rig driving competition and got to
go to Nashville, Tennessee, for the national
competition.
Bob retired and in 1995 he and his
sweetheart decided to serve a mission
for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints. They sold their home in Vale,
purchased some property in
La Grande, and put in their
mission application papers.
They were living in a shop on
the La Grande property and
preparing to build a house
when they received their call
to serve in the Portuguese,
Lisbon, mission. They spent
18 months in the Cabo-Verde
Islands off the coast of South
Africa where they taught,
supported and mentored the
saints there both physically
and spiritually. They loved
the people there, and the people, in turn,
loved Elder and Sister Berry.
They returned home from their mission
to La Grande, where Bob built his last
home. They enjoyed their time there
with family and friends. In 2007, Bob
and Carol decided to head back north
to Alaska to live with their son Curtis in
Moose Pass, which is where he resided
until his death. He loved attending the
Seward Seahawks high school basketball
games and other sports as well, where he
was affectionately known as “Gramps.”
He also loved attending sporting events,
weddings, baptisms, blessings, etc., of his
grandchildren any time he possibly could.
Bob was a dedicated member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
and served in many callings throughout
his life, including president of the first
Delta Junction branch, Scout leader, High
Priest leader, ward mission leader, temple
ordinance worker and his favorite: Sunday
school teacher. He was loved and respected
by all who knew him. He always had a
kind word to say about everyone (unless
it was a politician) and very rarely raised
his voice. He was a loving and supportive
son, brother, husband, father, grandfather,
great-grandfather, in-law, friend, etc. He
loved to tease and was a master at telling
the stories of his adventures in the great
Northwest (which were many!) He was
always ready to help and support anyone
in need and lived a righteous life - in which
he gathered much wisdom to pass on to his
loved ones. His advice was readily sought
after and was always invaluable.
Bob leaves a family who will miss him
deeply, including six sons, Robert (Judy),
Loren, Clint, Curtis (Nikki), Vernal (Twila)
and G. Scott (Erika); a daughter, Bonita
Yeaman (Alan); a sister, Maxine Shinsel
(Victor); a brother Wesley Berry (Teri);
and numerous grandchildren and great-
grandchildren. He was excited recently
to find out that he would be welcoming
a great-great-grandchild in November
2022. He also leaves many beloved nieces
and nephews and other extended family
members and close friends.
Other than his wife, Carol, preceding
him in death are his parents, Merton and
Golda Berry; sisters, Thelma Jean See and
Luella Mae Berry; brothers, Raymond,
Donald and Glendon Berry; grandsons,
Kip Robert Johnson and Parker Merton
Berry; and granddaughter, Nicole Ann
Berry.
Funeral services will be held at the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
building in Seward, Alaska, on Friday,
April 8, at 5 p.m. There will also be a
graveside service in La Grande, Oregon, at
10 a.m. on Thursday, April 14, where he
will be buried next to his eternal sweetheart
in the Island City Cemetery, Island City,
Oregon.
Online condolences may be made to
the family at www.lovelandfuneralchapel.
com.